Bale-tie fastener



Z (No Model.)

G. S. ROBERTS.

BALE TIE PASTE-NEE.

No. 550,292. Patented Nov. 26; 1895.

IN VE N TOR UNITED STATES- PATENT ()FFIcE.

GRACIE S. ROBERTS, OF SPRINGLAND, NEWV YORK.

BALE-TIE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,292, dated November 26, 1895.

Application filed 0 1 17, 1894. Serial No. 626,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be-it known that I, GRAOIE S. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Springland, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to cotton and other bale-tie fasteners, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, readily constructed, and perfectly-operating device of this character which may be used in connection with the usual hoop-iron or wire ties to enable the same to be used over and over again, a further object of the invention being to provide such a device as will embody but two main parts, which said parts will be exact counterparts of each other, in order to be struck off from the same die, and also for greater convenience and facility in attaching the fasteners properly to the ties.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts whereby the above-mentioned and other desirable results are attained and hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the two parts of the fastener separated. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the same united. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the securing-loop. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central section of a similar but modified form of fastener.

In the practice of my invention I construct two plates of metal A, preferably of sheet iron or steel, each having at one end thereof a loop A, in which the end of the tie is secured by any desired means, either detachably or permanently, one of the said plates being of course secured to each of the ends of the tie. Projecting inwardly from the lateral and preferably, also, the longitudinal center of each plate A is a hollow or outwardly-open shoulder B, having a rounded or convexed surface and tapering gradually toward the body of the plate. When the plates are brought together, the shoulders B thereof engage. Each of the plates A has formed upon the sides thereof inwardly-projecting longi tudinal flanges O, ranging from the loop to the extreme end of the plate and beveled at each end thereof, and between the said loop A and the shoulder B the said plates have struck up upon the inner face thereof at each side short longitudinal flanges D and laterally-ranging lugs D.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The ties having been arranged around the bale and being of proper length, the plates A are secured each upon one end of the said ties and fastened thereto through the agency of the loops A. The said plates are then brought together by placing one above the other, as shown in Fig. 2, one of the flanges C of each plate passing inside of the corresponding flange of the adjoining plate and the opposite flange thereof passing upon the outside of the adjoining flange.

The flanges D prevent any lateral movement of the plates, the lugs D serving to guide the flange O of the opposite plate between the flanges O and D, and not only tend to further restrict lateral movement of the plates, but also to assist in assuring the absolute engagement of the shoulders B, thereby avoiding any insecure or but partial junction of the plates together. It will thus be seen that however great the pressure from the bale the fastener will not yield even slightly.

In order to furnish means for preventing the accidental separation of the plates, I provide a loop E open at the top, having upwardly-projecting lugs E upon one of its upper ends, the opposite end being cut out to form grooves or slots E through which the said lugs extend. This loop, which is preferably of soft iron,fits around the plates where their'shoulders B join, and when the ends of the said loop have been brought together the lugs E are turned downwardly over the upper end of the said loop to rigidly hold the same around the plates and consequently maintain the latter in engagement, as shown in Fig. 2. I may, however, in place of this loop merely pass a nail F through the open shoulders, as shown in the modified form in Fig. l, and this would certainly be a simpler fastener, even if less eificient.

hen it is desired to remove the ties from the bale, the loop E is removed by forcing up the lugs E and separating the ends thereof, whereupon a chisel or other implement is inserted between the loop A of the under plate and the beveled end of the upper plate, whereby the said plates are separated.

It will be observed that with the exception of the loop E the fastener may be utilized almost indefinitely, and the said loop being of soft iron and consequently cheap of m anufacture a new one maybe provided when the tie is again used, or, as before stated, the nail F may be employed.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modified form in which but one of the plates is provided with the shoulder B, the opposite plate having formed therein an aperture B, through which the said shoulder passes, and the flanges C, D, and D are all omitted. This form is operated in similar manner, and while less effective is appreciably cheaper.

The advantages resultant from the use of my invention will be manifest to all who are conversant with the general class of devices to which the same appertains, since I provide a fastener which may be formed in two main pieces of like construct-ion, each of which may be struck out with one blow from a single piece of metal, and also for the reason that the fasteners are almost automatically attached and may be used over and over again upon the same or different bales.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bale tie fastener, comprising two metallic plates having inwardly projecting shoulders adapted to engage each other and longitudinal flanges on the edges of said plates extending from end to end thereof, the flanges on one plate being arranged to fit within the flanges on the other plate and thereby hold the plates rigidly in place, substantially as described.

2. A bale tie fastener comprising two plates of m etal,havin g projecting shoulders adapted to engage, and side flanges upon said plates to prevent lateral movement thereof, said flanges being beveled at the ends to permit the entrance of a wedging instrument to disengage said plates, substantially as shown and described.

3. A bale tie fastener comprising two corresponding plates of metal having loops at one end thereof, and inwardly projecting shoulders struck therein and adapted to engage each other, longitudinal flanges formed upon the said plates to prevent lateral movement thereof, and means for securing the plates together, substantially as shown and described.

t. A bale tie fastener comprising two corresponding plates of metal having loops at one end thereof, and longitudinal flanges at each side, short flanges ranging parallel therewith, and laterally extending lugs upon the said plate, shoulders struck up from the plate and projectinginwardly therefrom, and means for holding the plates together, substantially as shown and described.

5. A bale tie fastener comprising two corresponding plates of metal having loops at one end thereof, and longitudinal flanges at each side, tapered shoulders struck up from the plates and projecting inwardly, said shoulders being adapted to engage, and a removable loop surrounding the plates to hold the same together, substantially as shown and described.

6. A bale tie fastener comprising two plates, each constructed of one piece of metal and corresponding to each other, loops at one end of the said plates, longitudinal flanges at each side extending from said loops to the opposite end of the plate, said flanges being beveled, hollow or open shoulders of tapered and convexed form struck up from the said plates, and projecting inwardly, said shoulders being adapted to engage, short flanges ranging parallel with the side flanges of the plate, and laterally extending lugs between the loop and the shoulder of each plate to receive the flange of the opposite plate between the same, and an open loop of semi-pliable material having one of its ends cut out or grooved, and lugs upon the opposite end to engage the said grooved end and adapted to be clinched around the same to secure the two plates together, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 16th day of October, 1894:.

GRAGIE S. ROBERTS.

Vitnesses:

THERESE WALsH, PERCY 'l. GRIFFITH. 

